Lankascincus merrill WICKRAMASINGHE, VIDANAPATHIRANA & WICKRAMASINGHE, 2020
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Lankascincus merrill
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Ristellinae (Ristellini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Sinhala: Merrillgé lak-hikanala Tamil: Merrillavin arené E: Merrill‟s Lanka-skink |
| Synonym | Lankascincus merrill WICKRAMASINGHE, VIDANAPATHIRANA & WICKRAMASINGHE 2020 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka Type locality: Enasalwatte Estate, Sinharaja Division (Army Camp Forest), Rakwana Hills, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (06°23' N, 080°36' E, alt. 1,040 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NMSL 2011.01.01, Adult male, SVL 34.9 mm, collected by D.R. Vidanapathirana, N. Ranwella, and L.J.M. Wickramasinghe, on 25 November 2007. Paratypes (n=3). Adult females, NMSL 2011.01.02, SVL 33.7 mm and DWC 2011.05.02, SVL 34.0 mm; adult male, DWC 2011.05.01, SVL 32.8 mm; same locality as holotype; collected by D.R. Vidanapathirana and L.J.M. Wickramasinghe, on 28 December 2007. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lankascincus merrill sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by possessing the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 32.8–34.9 mm; prefrontals in contact; seven supralabials, the last one split; 24 mid-body scale rows; 46–48 paravertebrals; 50– 51 ventrals; 8–10 and 13–16 lamellae on fourth finger and fourth toe, respectively; and a conspicuous dark-brown band from snout to mid-tail, gradually fading posteriad (Wickramasinghe et al. 2020). |
| Comment | Distribution: for a map see Kanishka et al. 2020: 117 (Fig. 8). |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, honoring Mr. Merrill J. Fernando, founder of Dilmah and Dilmah Conservation, for his support of biodiversity conservation in Sri Lanka. |
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